Crown Princess Review
4.5 / 5.0
Enjoyed First Time in Canadian Ports, but Crown Princess Nothing Special
Review for Canada & New England Cruise on Crown Princess
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Sail Date: Oct 2017
Cabin: Mini-Suite with Balcony
Enjoyed the cruise with 40 friends and neighbors from our Del Webb 55+ community. Were interested in visiting Quebec, other Canadian ports, and Maine during fall foliage season. Don't know we would have chosen it otherwise as we much prefer smaller ships, e.g. Oceania and Viking Oceans.
Best meal of the trip was in the Crown Grill - a really tasty ribeye. Nothing at all special about Horizons buffet, main dining room (Botticelli), or Sabatinis. We ate at 5:30 most evenings and felt rushed as they needed to make room for second seating. Also no wine steward so our drinks were often late arriving. When we were back from excursions early enough, we went to Crooners Bar for drink before dinner and then just ordered one glass of wine as soon as possible when we sat down for our meal. Seemed to help when we didn't order more than one drink.
Often arrange our own excursions, but did take advantage of several offered by Princess. Enjoyed the Sugar Shack the first night on ship; Lulu Lobster Boat in Bar Harbor; and Kennedy Library and John Adams House/Library in Boston. Tendered in just one port - Bar Harbor - and that went very smoothly.
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Mini-Suite with Balcony
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Really liked the extra space to spread out in the mini-suite. Comfortable beds. The tub was nice though we just use the shower . Easy to get in and out even when the ship was rocking because of the well placed grab bars. Steward brought us extra hangers so had plenty of those. Good location - on the end of the ship with the dining rooms so easy to get to breakfast, etc. Laundromat just a short distance down the hall. Can use room card to purchase detergent and dryer sheets. Could have used a chair there.
Just a few negatives - balcony didn't have an overhang. Not protected from rain or those looking down from above. Also is just over one of the life boats/tenders. View not obstructed but when they were cranked back up the ship one afternoon was quite noisy. Wish I had brought my own hair dryer - theirs wasn't powerful enough. Also, be sure to bring an extra outlet. They only have 2 outlets and could only charge one item at a time because many of the plugs are too wide to fit next to each other.
May depend on where they dock, but we disembarked at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal and had a gorgeous view of the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and the Manhattan skyline that morning. (We were Starboard.)
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